Safety meetings are a huge deal in the construction industry. We have a weekly safety meeting with the whole crew every monday morning. Then we do a safety meeting every morning depending on what trade we are in and what part of the project we are currently working in. This daily meeting involve filling out what we refer to as a THA, or "task hazard analysis". It is a form at details what our tasks for thge day are, (welding, ladders, boom lifts...) What the hazards are for each task and what we will be doing to minimize the risks involved with each task. For example when woorking from a ladder, the hazards are slips, trips and falls, dropped object, and balance traction and grip. To eliminate the risk, we will make sure the spreaders on the ladder are fully opened, don't leave tools and materuals on top of the ladder, and will maintain 3 points of contact. This form is written every morning, read and signed by every person involved with that operation and if we move to another area or do something not on the THA we must fill out another one. We also do daily hot work permnits for anything involving flame or sparks. And daily lift permits for anything involving a crane.
As you might have guessed my company drills us with safety. Every person in the company is required to hqave 30 hours of OSHA traing as well as first aid and CPR certifications.
